Category Archives: How You Can Help

Digital TV is Coming

Digital TV is Coming Digital TV is coming and an important question is “what is it going to bring with it?”  Will it bring an expanded requirement to serve the public interest, or an expanded ability for greater profits?  There … Continue reading

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HOGS, HOGS, HOGS AGAIN

Hogs, Hogs, Hogs Again A public health emergency needs to be issued for the state of Iowa.  Industrial-strength hog lot confinements are getting a strangle hold on our air. If you live in one of the medium to large cities … Continue reading

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Join the Fight Against Fake News

Join the Fight Against Fake News Center for Media and Democracy:  PR Watch Monday on Blog for Iowa, Arron reported that the Senate Commerce Committee was considering a bill, the Truth in Broadcasting Act (S 967) addressing the issue of … Continue reading

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Nuclear Funding Accountability

Nuclear Funding Accountability Excerpts from nirs.org At a time when Congress is threatening to cut off hundreds of thousands of individuals from their life-lines by making drastic cuts to Medicaid in order to reduce the deficit, here is an opportunity … Continue reading

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Contest: Your Economic Policy Idea Could Be Worth $100K

Contest: Your Economic Policy Idea Could Be Worth $100K Lanya Shapiro Hey folks,   I want to let you know about a project I'm involved with – an economic policy contest that just launched today: a national call for the … Continue reading

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TV Brouhaha in Iowa

TV Brouhaha in Iowa by Allison Romano, Broadcasting & Cable Hey, look at this – and just in time for Blog for Iowa's Focus on Media Week!  Iowans for Better Local TV is featured in this week's Broadcasting & Cable! … Continue reading

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WHAT YOU DON’T KNOW CAN HURT YOU

“WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW CAN HURT YOU” This is the title of a flyer being distributed by a group of people who live close to Reynolds, Illinois.  Seems there is someone who wants to build a HOG CONFINEMENT near their … Continue reading

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Media Consolidation is Threatening Our Democracy

  Media Consolidation is Threatening Our Democracy by Caroline Vernon and Amanda Ballantyne – freepress.net Do you want the media to do a better job of covering issues you care about? Do you want more quality journalism? Are you wondering … Continue reading

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Consumers Want COOL for Food

Consumers Want Country of Origin Labeling for Food by Public Citizen http://www.citizen.org Speaking from my own perspective, with the increasing incidents and concerns over mad cow disease, humans dying from Streptococcus suis (a pig disease), and the pandemic of bird … Continue reading

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Media Reform: Help IBLTV Stop Ownership Expansion – Sign the Petition Now

  Media Reform:  Help IBLTV Stop Ownership Expansion – Sign the Petition Now Iowans for Better Local TV IBLTV is sponsoring a citizen's petition to advocate better local broadcast television. Please add your voice by signing our petition, to be … Continue reading

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